markup at the left of multimeasure rests

2008-01-05 Thread Paul Scott
This subject used to be documented but doesn't seem to be in the 2.11.37 doc's. It also doesn't seem to work as it did at one time This is from the 2.4 manual which resulted from my Googling: If you want to have a text on the left end of a multi-measure rest, attach the text to a zero-length

Re: Leaving: "I can't help"

2008-01-05 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:50:01 -0500 Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a professional composer. > I use Lilypond (nearly) every day. > I don't actively (i.e., visibly) contribute to Lilypond code or > documentation... and may not in the near future, despite attempts to > guilt me

Re: Filling the page

2008-01-05 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op zondag 6 januari 2008, schreef Reilly: > I want to increase the vertical > spacing to fill out two pages evenly. Try: \paper { ragged-last-bottom = ##f } Met vriendelijke groet, Wilbert Berendsen -- http://www.wilbertberendsen.nl/ "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

GDP: NR 1 Pitches, almost-final version

2008-01-05 Thread Graham Percival
There's a few minor formatting issues, but other than that, Pitches is complete. Please read it and let me know about any problems. http://web.uvic.ca/~gperciva/ MINOR ISSUES - headword could be improved (line-break) - some minor formatting issues with included LSR stuff. POSTPONED Note nam

Volunteering with LilyPond

2008-01-05 Thread Graham Percival
Thanks to everybody who expressed an interest helping lilypond! I've discussed specifics with many of you, but I'm not certain that I managed to contact everybody. If your email slipped through the cracks, sorry, and please send it again! If at all possible I prefer to let volunteers choose their

RE: Force number of bars per line

2008-01-05 Thread Michael Nelson
Thanks Trevor, it works! Mike Trevor Daniels wrote: > Look up \break and \noBreak in the docs (eg at > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Line-brea > ks#Line-breaks ). These allow you to control > linebreaking manually. If > they don't help, make sure you have n

Re: Filling the page

2008-01-05 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:45:02 -0500 Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Graham, > > Thanks for your reply: > > On Jan 5, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > > > Isn't the right command something like > > \paper { > > raggedbottom = ##t > > raggedbottomlast = ##t > > } > > I think this

Re: Filling the page

2008-01-05 Thread Reilly
Graham, Thanks for your reply: On Jan 5, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Graham Percival wrote: Isn't the right command something like \paper { raggedbottom = ##t raggedbottomlast = ##t } I think this is the opposite of what I want? hmmm... I want both pages of the part to be filled to the bottom (th

Re: Filling the page

2008-01-05 Thread Graham Percival
Isn't the right command something like \paper { raggedbottom = ##t raggedbottomlast = ##t } ? Cheers, - Graham On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:08:16 -0500 Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have consulted section "5.5.1 Vertical spacing inside a system" in > the manual for Lilypond 2.11. > > I

Filling the page

2008-01-05 Thread Reilly
I have consulted section "5.5.1 Vertical spacing inside a system" in the manual for Lilypond 2.11. I am preparing to print orchestral part. A typical part fills approximately 1.6 to 1.75 pages. I want to increase the vertical spacing to fill out two pages evenly. I attempted to use the code

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Samstag, 5. Januar 2008 schrieb milarepa7: > Hello, > I've got a problem with this little piece of code, can someone explain > where it comes from? > The code seems a bit complex for that example but I'm transcribing a larger > piece and I'm calling the different movements like that, so that's i

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread milarepa7
Stan Sanderson wrote: > > Your code compiles on 2.11.37 without errors here (Mac PPC). > Ok so that's surely a problem with my ebuild (I'm on Gentoo) I'll wait that an official one gets released on portage. Thank you Matth -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Polyphonic-pro

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Jan 5, 2008, at 5:24 PM, milarepa7 wrote: Gilles THIBAULT wrote: The code you have given compiles without any errors in version "2.11.34". Perhaps a "2.11.36" bugs ? Yes maybe, I "emerged" the 2.11.37 yesterday and the bug (now I'm sure that we can call it like this) is still the

Re: Halving the duration of every note

2008-01-05 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Alasdair: This means halving the duration of every note in the original. Is there an easy way to do this? Best wishes, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://list

Halving the duration of every note

2008-01-05 Thread Alasdair McAndrew
A piece I'm transcribing is written in 6/2; I want to produce two versions: one a transcription of the original, and another (for easier viewing by modern eyes) in 6/4. This means halving the duration of every note in the original. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks, Alasdair __

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread milarepa7
Gilles THIBAULT wrote: > > The code you have given compiles without any errors in version "2.11.34". > Perhaps a "2.11.36" bugs ? > Yes maybe, I "emerged" the 2.11.37 yesterday and the bug (now I'm sure that we can call it like this) is still there... That's why I posted to know how I can use

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
The code you have given compiles without any errors in version "2.11.34". Perhaps a "2.11.36" bugs ? %%% \version "2.11.36" first = \relative c' { f'8 s d s s s%1.1 %f'8 f d d d d %1.2 } second = \relative c' { d'16 cis d a f e f d bes g' d' bes'

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread Ole Schmidt
sorry, my fault, I did not really understand what your problem was... ole Ole Schmidt wrote: you forgot to close the << with >> in the seven = { <<{ \first} \\ { \second } >> block Thanks but maybe it was an error when I copied the code to insert it in the message, if I forget t

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread milarepa7
Ole Schmidt wrote: > > you forgot to close the << with >> in the > seven = { >> >> <<{ \first} \\ >> { \second } >> > > block > Thanks but maybe it was an error when I copied the code to insert it in the message, if I forget that it won't be compiled at all. I just extracted from the whole m

Re: Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread Ole Schmidt
you forgot to close the << with >> in the seven = { <<{ \first} \\ { \second } >> block best ole Am 05.01.2008 um 22:30 schrieb milarepa7: Hello, I've got a problem with this little piece of code, can someone explain where it comes from? The code seems a bit complex for that ex

Polyphonic problem...

2008-01-05 Thread milarepa7
Hello, I've got a problem with this little piece of code, can someone explain where it comes from? The code seems a bit complex for that example but I'm transcribing a larger piece and I'm calling the different movements like that, so that's in the seventh (variation of Bach's Dmin Ciaccona) the p

working with two different lilypond versions

2008-01-05 Thread milarepa7
Hello, I'd like to know what is the way to invoke a specific lilypond version? I saw the command "LILYPOND_DATADIR" to set this up ( for me it would be /usr/share/lilypond/2.11.37 or 2.10.33) I don't know how to do that and maybe there's an easier way. To be more precise, I'm under Gentoo and put

Re: Uninstalling Liliypond

2008-01-05 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/1/5, Martin Nopola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I will write up something for you. Great! Looking forward to read it :) > In fact, I will also write a description of the steps to install > LilyPondTool. > It took me at least 4 hours to find the information from the web > sites for java, jedit and

RE: Collision of clef and note - how to fix?

2008-01-05 Thread Trevor Daniels
Alasdair Making small adjustments to the horizontal position of a single within-staff objects is best done with overrides that take effect after the typesetter has finished typesetting. So to move a clef use extra-offset, eg \once \override Staff.Clef #'extra-offset = #'(-0.5 . 0) will move th